HOW TO CLEAN THE FILTER ON YOUR CAI: by Erik Olson aka "erok"

The pictures are of an AEM intake, but other brands should be similar.

1) Park with your wheels turned all the way to the left as shown in figure one.

Figure 1

2) Under the front left of the car, you'll find two screws holding the plastic wheel well liner to the front bumper. With a 10mm wrench, unscrew the two screws as shown in figure two.

Figure 2

3) Next to the front left tow eye under the car, you'll see a plastic pop-in fastener that holds the wheel well liner to the adjacent plastic underbody panel. With a flathead screwdriver, pop out this fastener as shown in figure three.

Figure 3

4) Figure 3A shows the three fasteners you've just removed.

Figure 3a

5) Pull the plastic wheel well liner down and away from the bumper to reveal the CAI filter. Be carefull not to pop out any other fasteners while you do this.

6) Loosen the hose clamp holding the filter to the CAI pipe as shown in figure four.

Figure 4

7) Remove the filter as shown in figure five. Twisting the filter may help it come on/off the CAI pipe.

Figure 5

8) Clean the filter according to the manufacturer's recommendation or replace it.

Cleaning Instructions From K&N Can Be Found Here

9) Reinstall the filter by following steps seven through one in reverse order.

I know this seems fairly obvious, but maybe you'll agree that it will help the less inclined on the site do work on their cars. Feel free to modify the pics or instructions in any way you see fit.